Thanksgiving has rolled around again. Although we have many reasons to give thanks we are often so caught up in “celebrations” that we can’t find time to truly “give thanks”. Thanksgiving, like every other holiday, seems to be turning into just another long vacation weekend when we hurry and scurry to “have a good time” as opposed to a day when we really do “count our blessings” and give thanks!
One very important, yet often overlooked, blessing truly is freedom and this great country, the United States of America.
This week I have a rather poignant recollection of a “last Thanksgiving”. It is an ever timely story about young men, the wars they fight and the remembrances they too often leave behind. (more…)



















































